Technical SEO: what the work actually covers
Technical SEO splits into distinct workstreams, from audits and canonicals to Core Web Vitals and migrations, per Google's own docs.
Rob Garner · Search & content strategy
03Technical SEO
The technical half of an SEO program: crawling, indexing, canonicals, page speed, and the redesign and migration work where existing rankings are won or lost.
Technical SEO splits into distinct workstreams, from audits and canonicals to Core Web Vitals and migrations, per Google's own docs.
Rob Garner · Search & content strategy
05 Notes
A technical SEO audit checklist in dependency order: reach, index, canonical choice, render, speed. Each step names the Google report that answers it.
Rob Garner · Search & content strategy
Core Web Vitals optimization fails most after a redesign ships. The ownership split, pre-launch test, and monitoring window that catch it.
Rob Garner · Search & content strategy
What a web design agency and a search strategist owe each other before signing, grounded in Google's hiring guidance and Search Console access rules.
Louie Valkhof · Brand strategy & design
Canonical tags are a hint Google can override, not a command. Four cases where they work, three where they backfire, and how to check Search Console.
Rob Garner · Search & content strategy
A launch-week SEO migration checklist by category, each step assigned an owner and a sign-off gate, drawn from Google's own protocols.
Rob Garner · Search & content strategy
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